Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-12
ANOTHER HORROR.
NE CHATsW01TH RAILROAD DIsAs-
TER DUPLICATED.
Thirty Lives Sacrificed and Many Persons
Injured Through Carelessness-Fire
Io6s Most Of the Work.

by telegraph to the Dispatch.l
SYRACUSE. October IA private
dispatch receiyedb by the Syracuse Jour-
nal says:
North JtCIsoo, md. October ia
terrible railroad accident occurred just
west Of here last night The fast freight
ran into the rear end OF a passenger
train at small station fity-dve miles
from Chicago. 1t is inferred that the
Inflated train was the passenger and
cxpIcss from the east due in Chicago
tins morning. a relief expedition was
quickly and secretly organized by the
railroad officials here, and doctors dis
patched TO the scene. Other help Wa
To- be hurried forward as soon as posi-
he.
Two passenger trains arrived in CHI
clco carly in the morning from the
Ia,t IT is not known which was in
VOWED. The cGcial9 O. .te company
are refusing { 2 tI2, est scraps OF in
formation. As nearly as can be- judged
the horror occurred between and d
O'Clock this morning. kilograms re
ccivcd in Chicago at ll;3J a. NJ. said
ten dead bodies had already been taken
from the wreck. and tho men conduct
iug the ehastly work were unable To
say how many other corpscs were still
in the dclfjs. In addition - the killed
the Telegram SAYS list has been pre-
Pared showing the injured to the mum
hG Of at icrst twenty-one persons.
Tie train ran into the rear OF the ca
press tram. -Four or five ears were
burned, including the Pullman sleeper.
There are fifteen to twenty dead and las
many injured.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT CF TIE HORROR
NORTH JuDso1, Iso.. October IL
Another Chataworth railroad horror oc-
cured on the Chicago and Atlanticrail-
road this morning sixty miles cast OF
Chicago. ncarKout's station. Seventeen
passengers were killed and burned mp in
tAcWrcck. and from twenty-five 30 thirty
were more or less injured. \ heavy
frosh-mcat train tclcscOpcd tho evening
accommodation train which leaves Chi
cago at T.Ij o'clock. The accommoda-
ton win one h'-t '"c'ctr' TWO co'ci1'7'
and one sleeper, had stopped at q Wa
tcI-tank for water. suout a mlla weSt o.
Hout'-. and the irI-ht tram following
crashed ut) the sleeper, tel"Fcopln5
and bu-ning up ihG enuI7 V''''i8 70
uain, ~ ABOVE s'a'ed, .,...
William tcrfy' auIitof OF 'Dl7 I 2'''")
county, 1hd ms Wlile ana cu!I "GI-
victims %. the tcrrlhle IRE when "I'1t
out almost lmne Il3tcly after the irclSh'
tram crashed III among lne p'''cA1o -
Tie Perry lived here. Not q particle
uf Their bodies Was rescued from the
flames.
CRIMINAL CAMILLE ..-.e IKE CAUSE.
E,r7' l.n .o,tol,rTi.-TLo worst
bcrr,r, ri CIot.v,,tb vcr. drp'i,ats 2
L,ro toby \ dozen blood. stained.
.r',lol.-crimo1 iui1r.d victims of
,a;IrnoJ c,r, 1.ssn,s.1r bi1rJ riuo wer,
I,luoli i,to tba VILLAGES little ~ ,iion-
lcrso ..rlv tlis morning. and tins
.t,rroo,,rbarrcd corueas. yic'im,of thc
SINE llrnd,ring or care. ,sn,ss. w.rc
,id wrun the station patiorm
While II rec miles west. down the track
Of tle Chicago and A.lanti, railway.
near a lonely Old watsr-tanI, pill ot
fcariullv tangled dlLr's marked the
.rot where "A collision. seldom cqualied
inr terrible results. had occurred. Acc
cordlrp 10 the best estimate obtaiua-
lls-flr ONLY an ateWlspo~sibl,-
ullv tbiitv human lives had been slc-
r6ccd ontrielt. ana half the numbered
1,rson, Lad suffered inm.cs more or
los scrlOus.
ASH nearly AS can be gathered from
tbc confused stories told, the coucrcte
facts are that the passenger train was
the east bound express which left
Chicago at 7:lj o'clock last night. The
eccentric strap had broken and thc dri-
wing wheels IN one side became useless.
Tie engineer had stopped 1T the water
tank TO repair, thinking be collI do 81
IN 81 few minutes. Hc had not stopp.
mora p.au one MINT, when a
fast fciabt train loaded with
l,,se,d r,a, crashed into the rcu
of tho train. The Last car oi
flo fran, ,,s> "A L,ayv Pullman sleeper
This when struck iy the freight ell.
one crushed three coaches IN front
and alr.ars 10 have killed or wonleJ
every body I'm them. Seven pr, )A'
VUe m the Sleeper ANA ,h''' "'l So
capped harm except TIE sAoch' an.
accounts vary a' 10 TO" Tue VIZ
caught me. 7o,1e a,' VI .''',' ]. - COW
~ tie irtitht engine, DIV one '''''" 7'i
who was rescued from inc 'r'lS'i',
coaches says "Li'e i's'e'i'l ~, .'., ~, u
TWO car seats He -" 'ne - T.'t aT Tii .L
the car was ilE"tt" su9 i,,F III ~, ~,
upper part oil 'ne car wiz il '1I''' '",
gas ,pip'S having "p.''I'u''5 ,,,.. IN
broken ana me ,s|"P'u1 SA' cav =
lo i ''e - -" f., any, of ~.
d,ncce appears IN any % 'I
stores lA"' " H'Si"'i -.
to the rear "Aoh 'lV D., ~
stopped or 'a" any p'c''''-i5'' wa, wa
'nbth 10 F''al" "3"'n'. S'. i.t e." e.,
cent, eAc-p"n8 ''i'' aus r'7t tso 49,,
IT," ,,io ont cr fine uasseno.r trlin hun.
on, vel lantern when the train stop
nrd qbo mon ON tine pls,cnccr TRAN
iraro ain. awnre +hot the freight trui
vos ttIInaino tbnm.
''' ,-... ,,.ror,,,r,ov
hANp ~ OK - o'' 80 49,. ,l.
This afternoon, Wneh I'P0I'c''' " q"
| had been long DELAYED III fttcNll'